Louis Poinsot

Louis Poinsot

Louis Poinsot was a French mathematician and physicist. Poinsot was the inventor of geometrical mechanics, showing how a system of forces acting on a rigid body could be resolved into a single force and a couple.

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Lifespan
1777 – 1859
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Career Journey

Background

Born in
Paris
Educated at
École Nationale des Ponts et ChausséesÉcole polytechniqueLycée Louis-le-Grand
Awards
🏆 72 names on the Eiffel Tower🏆 Officer of the Legion of Honour🏆 Foreign Member of the Royal Society
Doctoral Students
📖 Gaston Lespiault

Timeline

  • 1777

    Born

    Birth
  • 1859

    Died

    Death

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